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Drop Rodney Reed's Execution

By "Persian Cowboy"

Stand With Texas Death Row Prisoner Rodney Reed!DROP THE DATE! TEST ALL THE DNA!The Campaign to End the Death Penalty, along with the family and supporters of Rodney Reed rejects the decision today to issue a death warrant for innocent Texas death row prisoner Rodney Reed for January 14, 2015.We have long believed in Rodney?s innocence and, during a hearing today in Bastrop County, we once again heard of the multitude of evidence that could prove Rodney?s innocence if given a fair hearing either through a new trial or through the appeals process.We learned today that the state has agreed to important but limited new DNA testing of some crime scene evidence ? and that the defense is asking for even more DNA testing of several other items related to the crime scene...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on July 14, 2014 (boomark / email).